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CJI talks about lawyers' fees, says high costs cut access to justice

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He also stated that "we need to introduce pre- litigation mediation". Justice Bobde, who hails from Nagpur and who was elevated to the top judicial post in the country recently, was felicitated by former CJI R M Lodha at a function organised by the High Court Bar Association here...

Normal life hit in parts of Nagaland in shutdown against Citizenship Amendment Act

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No untoward incident was reported during the bandh that began at 6 am, additional DGP R P Kikon said. The sudden shutdown was announced by the NSF on Friday to express resentment of the Naga population against the law. Protesters only allowed on the roads students appearing in examinations, medical staff on duty, media personnel and those having weddings...

85 arrested, situation under control in Assam: DGP

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Assam Director General of Police (DGP) Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta on Saturday said 85 people have been arrested so far in connection with violent incidents during protests against the amended Citizenship Act. The situation is under control and police will take stern action against people indulging in violence, Mahanta said...

Speakers' conference to discuss suspension of law makers who change parties

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Speakers of all state legislatures will deliberate upon the provisions for suspension of MLAs and MPs on changing their parties, in a conference chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla...

Rains, snowfall continue in northern states; cold conditions to prevail

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Rains and snowfall in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Saturday pulled the mercury down in the region. The weatherman said the mercury is expected to hover around 7 degrees Celsius over the next three days and dense fog is likely in Delhi and adjoining areas like Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, north Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh on Sunday...

A day after being attacked by RCP Singh, Prashant Kishor calls on Nitish in Patna

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Centre has attacked fundamental pillars of Constitution through Citizenship Amendment Act: Congress' KC Venugopal

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Chidambaram says India's economy broken, leadership failed

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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday alleged India was suspect in the eyes of the world as its economy and polity had broken and leadership failed, as he accused the BJP of pushing the agenda of Golwalkar and Savarkar and not that of Gandhi, Nehru and Ambedkar. The former finance minister said with the economy and polity broken, the government will raise taxes in the coming times that will "further sink" the economy...

Differences yet to be ironed out at COP25, compromise text may yield some results

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Variables in the text around unfulfilled past commitments of historical polluters (rich nations), unwillingness of countries (China, India, Brazil, Japan, Australia and others) towards raising their climate action targets by next year and uncertainties about carrying over (transition clause and cut-off year) carbon credits earned by countries like India, Australia, Brazil and others in pre-2020 period to post-2020 phase were key points of discontentment in the text...

PM Modi to kick off BJP's Delhi assembly poll campaign with rally at Ramlila Maidan on Dec 22

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Earlier this month, Parliament passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Bill, 2019, to grant ownership rights to residents of Delhi's unauthorised colonies. It was passed in Lok Sabha on November 28, followed by Rajya Sabha on December 4...

Members of Assamese community protest against Citizenship Act in Mumbai

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Now, food quality can be tested in government-designated laboratory free of cost

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Unnao rape victim who was set ablaze becomes mascot of injustice in Priyanka Gandhi's 'Bharat Bachao' call

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Balakot message was to tell Pak there will be cost for terror attacks: Former Air Chief Marshal

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The message of the Balakot air strike was to tell the Pakistani establishment and terrorist organisations that there will be a cost to pay for terror attacks in India which was effectively conveyed, said former Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa. He was speaking during a discussion on 'Understanding The Message of Balakot' on the second day of the Military Literature Festival organised here by the Punjab government and the Chandigarh administration...

Indo-Pacific not tomorrow's forecast but yesterday's reality: Jaishankar

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Jaishankar, speaking at the valedictory function of the 11th Delhi Dialogue, said that for an open and inclusive Indo-Pacific platform, it is in everyone's interest to "ensure that the doors remain open to cooperation on as wide a platform as possible"...

Centre has no plans to release political detainees in J&K, says Mehbooba Mufti

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Hope PM Modi breaks silence over violence against women: Priyanka Gandhi

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BJP will think positively if allies withdraw Sena-led government's support: Ashish Shelar

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Congress trying to regain lost ground in Ladakh through divisive politics: BJP

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Leh district president of BJP Dorje Angchuk claimed that Congress Rajya Sabha member Ambika Soni is trying to create a scare among the Ladakhis by predicting threat to their resources and rich cultural identity. Cautioning that situation in Ladakh may turn alarming, Soni on Friday demanded inclusion of the Union Territory in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to protect its resources and rich cultural identity...

India strives to eliminate poverty, become middle-income country: President Kovind

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Giriraj Singh slams Rahul Gandhi for using 'Savarkar' surname

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Union minister Giriraj Singh attacked Rahul Gandhi on Saturday for his statement on Savarkar he made during Bharat Bachao rally. Singh said: "Vir Savarkar was a real patriot. No one becomes Gandhi and a patriot by merely adopting a surname. One needs Indian blood to become a real patriot. Many people have looted the country in disguise. It is unacceptable."..

BJP expects gains from citizenship law

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With the BJP in power in Assam and the rest of the northeast, either on its own or as a junior partner to a regional ally, party leaders are of the view that they are in a position to contain the situation but remain wary of its political fallout, especially in Assam...

Sena warns of states vs Centre confrontation over GST dues

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Cong stoking violence against amended Citizenship Act: Amit Shah

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday hit out at the Congress, accusing it of stoking violence against the amended Citizenship Act. Shah said that the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill has caused a "stomach ache" to the opposition party. He assured the people of the Northeast that their culture, identity and political rights will be not be affected...

Priyanka Gandhi attacks Modi over CAA, jobs, economy

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Addressing the Bharat Bachao rally here at Ramlila ground, Priyanka Gandhi said: "This law will become the reason for the division of the country. If we don't raise voice now, the country will be further divided. If you love the country, then raise your voice against it."..

PM arrives in Kanpur to chair first meeting of National Ganga Council

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired the first meeting of National Rejuvenation, Protection and Management of River Ganga Council (National Ganga Council) at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology in Kanpur...

PM Modi greets Akali Dal on 99th foundation day

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"Today, on the 99th sthapana diwas (foundation day) of Akali Dal my greetings and best wishes to all their leaders and karyakartas (workers). One of India's oldest parties, Akali Dal has always been at the forefront of serving society and raising issues of public welfare," Modi tweeted...

PM Narendra Modi greets Akali Dal on 99th foundation day

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90% of cancer patients want complete facts, says study

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UCIL: Lakhs at risk of uranium poisoning from groundwater

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With 4 months to go, 73% of minorities ministry funds lying idle, says House panel

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After Bangladesh ministers, Japan PM scraps India visit

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The violent anti-CAB protests in Assam put paid to the India-Japan annual summit Friday with the government announcing that PM Narendra Modi’s meeting with his counterpart Shinzo Abe in Guwahati had been deferred to a “mutually convenient date in the near future’’...

Oppn attacks govt over N-E violence in RS

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UN human rights body condemns Citizenship Amendment Act

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Gujarat ambulances to get sensors to help create ‘green corridor’

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SC orders 30 grace marks in Haryana judge exam

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The decision to award 20 grace marks in civil law paper-I and 10 marks in civil law paper-II was taken by a bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant after candidates complained that the papers were so tough that only nine out of 1,200 candidates could clear the main examination to be eligible for the interview even though 109 posts of civil judges were notified...

Won’t direct Kerala to enforce women’s Sabari entry: SC

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Expressing apprehension of violence, the Supreme Court said on Friday it would not direct the Kerala government to forcibly implement a five-judge bench’s verdict quashing the bar on the entry of females between 10 and 50 years into the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple till a seven-judge bench reconsidered the judgment on the “emotive” issue, which stemmed from a 1,000-year-old tradition....

Zakir Naik recently tried to cross over to Maldives but was not allowed: Mohamed Nasheed

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Never personally faced intolerance: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

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Amit Shah calls off visit to Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh

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Stop using excessive force against protesters in northeast: Amnesty to Centre

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Human rights watchdog Amnesty International India has urged the Centre to immediately order its security forces "to stop using excessive force against protesters" agitating against the amended Citizenship Act in the northeast...

ICMR comes up with guidelines for gene therapy product development, clinical trials

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New citizenship law 'fundamentally discriminatory': UN human rights body

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"We are concerned that India's new Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 is fundamentally discriminatory in nature," UN human rights spokesman Jeremy Laurence told reporters in Geneva. Laurence said while the goal of protecting persecuted groups was welcome, this should be done through a robust national asylum system that is premised on equality and non-discrimination...

Working to have Parliament session in new building in 2022: Lok Sabha Speaker

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Two Army jawans injured in Pak firing along LoC in Jammu & Kashmir's Rajouri

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India, Indonesia decide to strengthen defence and security ties

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PM Modi to review Namami Gange project in Kanpur on Saturday

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Kanpur on Saturday to have a first-hand experience of the impact of the ambitious Namami Gange project. The prime minister, who is likely to reach the city around 10.25 am, will take a special steamer for a 50-minute journey through the Ganga to review the project...

States have no powers to refuse implementation of Citizenship Act: Home ministry official

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State governments have no powers to reject the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 as the legislation was enacted under the Union List of the 7th Schedule of the Constitution, a top official said on Friday...

Govt now stable, Karnataka CM turns focus on tightening administration

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Andhra Pradesh passes Bill for speedy trial of offences against women, kids

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The Andhra Pradesh Legislative assembly on Friday passed a Bill to further amend the Indian Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure that will enable expeditious investigation and trial of offences against women and children, especially sexual offences, and award of death penalty...

Lok Sabha passes 14 bills and Rajya Sabha passes 15 bills during Winter session of Parliament

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BJP members protest in Lok Sabha over Rahul Gandhi's 'rape in India' barb

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's "rape in India" barb at the Modi government at an election rally in Jharkhand triggered furious protests in Lok Sabha on Friday by BJP members who sought an apology from him, with Union minister Rajnath Singh stating that leaders like him have no "moral right" to be in Parliament...

Amended Citizenship Act attempt to change narrative by design: Kamal Nath

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Another lovelorn reached Pakistan via Kartarpur corridor

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India slams Pakistan at UN, says footprint of every major act of terrorism passes through this country

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Hitting out at Pakistan, India has said the footprint of every major act of international terrorism passes through this country where terrorists are trained in safe havens to take innocent lives. "Spirit of cooperation is the crux of the culture of peace. This agenda should not be misused and trivialized for political propaganda. We need to be particularly cautious when the fox is guarding the henhouse," First Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Paulomi Tripathi said...

BJP to launch campaign about amended Citizenship Act

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Though the party intends to start a nationwide campaign, it will run an intensive exercise in states where the legislation's beneficiaries are in large numbers. At many places, the campaign will start from Saturday, a day after the Winter Session of Parliament ends...

TMC MP Mahua Moitra moves SC challenging Citizenship Amendment Act

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TMC leader Mahua Moitra moved the Supreme Court challenging the amended Citizenship Amendment Act, which got Presidential assent on Thursday night. Moitra's counsel mentioned the matter on Friday for urgent listing before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, who asked him to approach the mentioning officer...

Shiv Sena slams Centre on citizenship law, violence in northeast

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The Shiv Sena on Friday attacked the Centre, saying it brought the new citizenship law to show it is the sole saviour of Hindus and asked what kind of politics it is playing by inviting uncalled for pain after the move caused violence in the northeastern states...

Yediyurappa visits Siddaramaiah at Bengaluru hospital

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Japan PM Shinzo Abe might cancel India trip: Report

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering cancelling his trip to India scheduled to begin on Sunday, Japan's Jiji Press reported. Guwahati, the planned venue for a summit between Abe and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been engulfed in violent protests over the Citizenship Amendment Bill...

NET on Sunday, 10K aspirants in Assam & Tripura left in the lurch

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CAB violative of Constitution, IUML tells SC, seeks stay

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A day after Parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Indian Union Muslim League filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday, challenging its constitutional validity saying it violates the basic structure of the Constitution by allowing discrimination on the basis of religion and pleaded the court to stay its operation...

Citizenship Amendment Bill: PM Modi calls for peace, slams Congress

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After assuring people of Assam that their rights and unique identity will be protected, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday repeatedly referred to the Citizenship Amendment Bill in rallies in Jharkhand, allaying concerns in the north-east and slamming Congress for divisive politics...

2 Pak Hindu lawmakers slam CAB

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Clash sparks tension in Assam town

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Accused warns rape survivor of fate worse than Unnao victim’s

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A day before an 18-year-old rape survivor was to testify in a court in Delhi’s Rohini area, her family in Baghpat’s Bijrol village found a note pasted outside their house, threatening them that the girl will face a fate worse than the Unnao victim’s if she appeared before the court...

Vintage cars will drive on... with special number plates

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Soon all vintage vehicles will get a special series of registration number with two letters (VA) common across the country. While this will help in quick identification of these over 50-year-old vehicles, the new series will also bring relief to owners from harassment by enforcement authorities...

3-member panel to probe Hyderabad ‘encounter’

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The Supreme Court on Thursday set up a three-member inquiry commission headed by retired top court judge V S Sirpurkar to find the truth behind the alleged encounter killing of four suspects by police in the Hyderabad veterinarian’s rape-murder case, slamming the naming of the dead men in an FIR as a bid to scuttle a fair probe...

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill gets President's assent, becomes Act

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President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday gave his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, turning it into an Act. According to an official notification, the Act comes into effect with its publication in the official gazette on Thursday...

Rajya Sabha passes bill to extend SC/ST reservation in legislatures

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Have reached out to US Congress members, other stakeholders on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: MEA

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The government has reached out to the members of the US Congress and other stakeholders to share its perspective on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday...

Congress has shown its 'anti-Dalit thinking' by opposing bill to extend SC/ST quota in legislatures: Mayawati

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Bangladesh foreign minister cancels India visit over CAB

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PSLV-C48/RISAT-2BR1 mission: Isro releases clips from onboard cameras

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A day after PSLV, in its 50th flight, successfully placed RISAT-2BR1 and nine foreign satellites in orbits, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) released a video with clips captured from the cameras onboard the launch vehicle...

61.19% voter turnout in third phase of Jharkhand polls

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Amid tight security, 61.19% of 56,18,267 voters exercised their franchise in the 17 seats across 8 districts, officials said. While polling at Ranchi, Hatia, Kanke, Barkatha and Ramgarh seats ended at 5 pm, voting in rest of the constituencies ended at 3 pm, EC officials said. The fate of 309 candidates was sealed in the EVMs at the polling...

No updates at this stage: MEA on reports of Modi-Abe summit to be shifted out of Guwahati

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When asked that the venue of the summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe will be shifted out of Guwahati, the MEA spokesperson, Raveesh Kumar said, "I am not in a position to clarify on it. I have no updates on the matter at this stage."..

CJI asks lawyers to mention cases for urgent hearing before SC registrar instead of first court

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Congress partitioned country on religious ground under Jinnah pressure: Rajnath Singh

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Fewest rapes in Tamil Nadu, most in Madhya Pradesh

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CAB expected to set the tone for 2021 Bengal polls

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The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is all set to determine the course of West Bengal politics in the days to come with the state bracing for a deeper polarisation between TMC and BJP on communal lines ahead of the 2021 assembly polls. The implementation of the CAB is also likely to kick off a new wave of "Hindu appeasement" between the TMC and the BJP to woo voters...

Sharad Pawar turns 79, asks NCP workers to work for people's welfare

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"We are committed towards the betterment of the last person in the society...towards the youngsters. We should work for them," Sharad Pawar said at the event. The party handed over cheques worth Rs 80 lakh to Pawar and the fund will be used for facilitating education of the children of farmers who committed suicides...

Bangladesh foreign minister cancels India visit over situation following passage of CAB

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Bangladesh foreign minister A K Abdul Momen has cancelled his 3-day visit to India beginning on Thursday over the situation arising out of the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament, diplomatic sources said. According to an earlier advisory issued by the ministry of external affairs, Momen was scheduled to arrive in Delhi at 5:20 pm on Thursday...

J&K: Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in Poonch

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Internet cut-off, people in Assam can't read your 'reassuring' message: Congress to PM

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Taking a dig at the PM Modi's message to Assam's people earlier in the day, the Congress, from its official Twitter handle, said, "Our brothers and sisters in Assam cannot read your 'reassuring' message Modiji, in case you've forgotten, their internet has been cut off." Several incidents of violence were reported from Assam after CAB was passed on Wednesday...

Telangana encounter deaths: SC orders judicial inquiry under former SC judge VS Sirpurkar

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The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed a three-member inquiry commission headed by former SC judge V S Sirpurkar to conduct probe into alleged encounter killing of four gang-rape accused in Hyderabad...

IUML moves SC challenging Citizenship Amendment Bill

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The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) moved the Supreme Court on Thursday challenging the Citizenship Amendment Bill, a day after it was passed in the Rajya Sabha completing the legislative process for giving Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh...

Want to assure brothers, sisters of Assam they have nothing to worry after CAB: PM Modi

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US reprimands Pakistan for misusing F-16 fighter jets

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US has reprimanded Pakistan for misusing US-supplied F-16 fighter jets and jeopardizing their shared security, US News reported citing official documents. According to sale conditions, Islamabad may only house the fighters and the corresponding American missiles on two specific air force bases, and that it only uses them for counter-terror operations and not against foreign countries...

Jharkhand assembly polls: PM Modi urges people to vote in large numbers

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"The third phase of Jharkhand polls will take place today. Urging all those whose seats go to the polls today to vote in large numbers. I particularly urge my young friends to vote," the Prime Minister tweeted...

Jafri didn’t call me: Modi to panel

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Panel junks Sharma’s call details info

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